EP0172011A1 - Interrupteur électrique monté dans un cylindre hydraulique - Google Patents

Interrupteur électrique monté dans un cylindre hydraulique Download PDF

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EP0172011A1
EP0172011A1 EP85305696A EP85305696A EP0172011A1 EP 0172011 A1 EP0172011 A1 EP 0172011A1 EP 85305696 A EP85305696 A EP 85305696A EP 85305696 A EP85305696 A EP 85305696A EP 0172011 A1 EP0172011 A1 EP 0172011A1
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Keith Vernon Leigh-Monstevens
David Lee Wrobleski
David Karl Mienko
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D25/00—Fluid-actuated clutches
    • F16D25/12—Details not specific to one of the before-mentioned types
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02N—STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02N11/00—Starting of engines by means of electric motors
    • F02N11/10—Safety devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B15/00—Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
    • F15B15/20—Other details, e.g. assembly with regulating devices
    • F15B15/28—Means for indicating the position, e.g. end of stroke
    • F15B15/2807—Position switches, i.e. means for sensing of discrete positions only, e.g. limit switches
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D25/00—Fluid-actuated clutches
    • F16D25/08—Fluid-actuated clutches with fluid-actuated member not rotating with a clutching member
    • F16D25/088—Fluid-actuated clutches with fluid-actuated member not rotating with a clutching member the line of action of the fluid-actuated members being distinctly separate from the axis of rotation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H35/00—Switches operated by change of a physical condition
    • H01H35/24—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow
    • H01H35/38—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow actuated by piston and cylinder
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D23/00—Details of mechanically-actuated clutches not specific for one distinct type
    • F16D23/12—Mechanical clutch-actuating mechanisms arranged outside the clutch as such

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  • the present application relates to an electrical switch mounted in a hydraulic cylinder, such as the slave cylinder of a motor vehicle clutch hydraulic control system.
  • Hydraulic control apparatus for motor vehicle mechanical clutches are in wide use at the present for operating the clutch release mechanism of a motor vehicle provided with a mechanical clutch and a conventional manually shiftable transmission or gearbox.
  • Examples of such hydraulic control systems for mechanical cutches are disclosed in U.S. Patents Nos. 4,407,125 and 4,454,632, and in copending U.S. applications Serial Nos. 371,958, 376,248, 477,161,477,162, 477,159,477,160,537,869,555,667,555,666,555,668, all assigned to the present Applicant.
  • One advantage of hydraulic control apparatus for motor vehicle mechanical clutches is that they automatically compensate for progressive wear of the clutch friction lining.
  • a diaphragm spring disk cutch for example, as the disk friction lining wears the ends of the diaphragm fingers move outwardly, therefore pushing back the throw-out bearing.
  • the wear of the disk friction lining is automatically compensated for as a result of the slave cylinder pushrod being progressively caused to retract further within the cylinder upon full engagement of the clutch under'the action of the diaphragm spring force, thus causing in turn a progressive decrease of the volume of the working chamber of the slave cylinder, with the excess hydraulic fluid being progressively returned to the master cylinder and from the master cylinder to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. Therefore, a fixed position limit switch associated with the slave cylinder requires constant adjustment of the member causing closure of the switch upon full release of the clutch, in order to provide foolproof arrangement.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved switch in hydraulic cylinder arrangement.
  • an electrical switch mounted in a hydraulic cylinder having a linearly displaceable member, the switch being operable by said member during displacement of said member in the cylinder said switch having a stationary element and a movable element displaceable by said member when linearly displaced from said home position in which said movable element is in non-co-operative relation with regard to said stationary element, to said operative position in which said movable element co-operates with said stationary element, and adjustment means for adjusting the position of said stationary element by said member upon movement of said member to at least one of said home and operative positions.
  • the adjustment means may include an adjustment part which adjusts the position of said stationary element upon return movement of said member to said home position.
  • the adjustment means may include an adjustment part which adjust the position of said stationary element upon said member reaching said operative position.
  • first and second adjustment parts may be provided one of which adjusts the position of the stationary element upon return movement of said member to said home position and the other of which adjusts the position of said stationary element upon said member reaching said operative position.
  • the loss of hydraulic fluid in a motor vehicle clutch control hydraulic apparatus may be detected by placing a level sensor in the hydraulic fluid reservoir associated with the master cylinder. Total or substantial loss of hydraulic fluid results in the level sensor providing a visual and/or audio indication to the driver or, in the alternative, the level sensor may be part of the starting motor relay circuit, functioning as an interlock switch.
  • low hydraulic fluid level in the master cylinder reservoir does not necessarily indicate that the clutch hydraulic control apparatus is non-operative. Under conditions of low hydraulic fluid level in the reservoir,sufficient hydraulic fluid may be present in the system to maintain the apparatus in an operative condition.
  • the hydraulic cylinder of the present invention is preferably a slave cylinder which can be actuated, for example, either directly by the hydraulic fluid pressure in the working chamber of the slave cylinder or by the reaction load upon the slave cylinder output member on actuation of the clutch from fully engaged to fully released.
  • the switch may take the form of a pair of coaxially disposed sleeves, one of said sleeves supporting said movable element and being mechanically associated with said member for displacement therewith, and means adjustably holding the other of said sleeves supporting said stationary element in said cylinder.
  • said sleeve adjustably held in said cylinder is frictionally held in said cylinder, and said adjustment part comprises abutment means on said member for engagement with abutment means on said adjustably held sleeve for displacing said adjustably held sleeve relative to said cylinder upon return of said output member to its home position.
  • the sleeve adjustably held in said cylinder may have a plurality of justaposed V-grooves on its periphery in engagement with the means adjustably holding said sleeve in said cylinder.
  • the means adjustably holding said device in said cylinder preferably comprises a stationary ring having a plurality of flexible fingers each having a sharp tip engaged in one of said grooves for forming a ratchet-like connection allowing said sleeve to be longitudinally displaced relative to sleeve.
  • the stationary and movable elements may comprise contacts which engage each other in the operative position of said member.
  • the clutch control pedal 14 is adapted to actuate the input rod 16 of a master cylinder 18 connected, via a conduit 20, to a slave cylinder 2 2 .
  • Inward displacement of the master cylinder input rod 16 causes a corresponding outward displacement of the slave cylinder output member, or pushrod, 24, the end of the pushrod 24 engaging the clutch release mechanism 12.
  • the housing 25 of the slave cylinder 22 is provided with a mounting flange 26, or other mounting means, for affixing the slave cylinder 22 in an appropriate location through an opening in the clutch bell housing, not shown.
  • the slave cylinder housing 25 has a cylindrical bore 28 in - which is reciprcably disposed a piston 30 and, when hydraulic fluid displaced from the master cylinder 18 is introduced, via the conduit 20, into the slave cylinder bore 28 on one side of the piston 30, the flow of hydraulic fluid into the slave cylinder 22 causes the piston 30, and consequently the output member or pushrod 24 displaced thereby, to travel from the position indicated at FIG. 1 to the position indicated at FIG. 3.
  • a switch, generally designated at 32, is mounted in the bore 28 of the slave cylinder 22, generally surrounding the pushrod,24.
  • the switch 32 is connected in series in the relay circuit 33 of the engine starter motor and is normally open in the position of the piston 30 and pushrod 24 illustrated at FIG. 1, and closed only for the position of the piston 30 and pushrod 24 illustrated at FIG. 3.
  • the engine starter motor relay circuit 33 is also open, and closing the starter relay switch 34, FIG. 1, has no action upon the motor vehicle engine starter relay 36.
  • the switch 32 is closed, as a result of the slave cylinder pushrod 2 4 having been displaced to the position releasing the clutch via the clutch release mechanism 12, FIG. 3, the switch 32 is/closed and the circuit 33 of' the starter relay 36 is enabled as soon as the starter switch 34 is closed.
  • the switch 32 comprises a pair of telescopic sleeves 38 and 40 slidably disposed mutually concentric, the sleeve 38 being positioned within the sleeve 40.
  • a compressed relatively weak coil spring 42 is located between the end of the inner sleeve 38 extending within an end of the outer sleeve 40 and an inwardly directed flange 44 formed at the other end of the outer sleeve 40, such as to urge the inner sleeve 38 to extend from the outer sleeve 40.
  • the free end of the inper sleeve 38 has an outwardly radially extending flange 46 engaged with the corresponding end of the piston 30, the compressed coil spring 42 constantly engaging the inner sleeve flange 46 with the end of the piston 30.
  • the outer sleeve 40 is provided on its peripheral surface with a plurality of parallel fine shallow grooves 48, forming a ratchet-like mounting of the outer sleeve 40 at the end of the housing 25 of the slave cylinder 22 in co-operation with a holding ring 50 affixed to the end of the bore 28 and provided with a plurality of radially and inwardly extending resilient fingers 52 having a sharp tip 54 engaged in one of the grooves 48.
  • the slave cylinder pushrod 24 is provided with a peripheral groove 56 in which is installed a split ring 58 defining a shoulder abutment for engagement with the end flange 44 of the switch outer sleeve 40.
  • the inner sleeve 38 which, preferably, is made of plastic, carries a current conductive metallic contact ring 60 proximate to or at its end projecting within the outer sleeve 40, and the outer sleeve 40, which is made of dielectric material, is provided with a pair of spring contacts 62 and 64.
  • the contact 62 is connected to an electric wire 66, and the contact 64 is ' connected to the other electric wire 68 of a cable 70 passed through an elastomeric boot or seal 72 mounted on the end of the slave cylinder 22.
  • the cable passes through a section of the elastomeric boot 72 adjacent a section of the boot which engages the pushrod 24. In that way, the cable 70 moves with the pushrod so as to minimise bending of the wires 66,68.
  • the starter motor relay circuit 33 is consequently enabled when the switch 32 is closed as a result of the contact ring 60 engaging and bridging the spring contacts 62 and 64 when the slave cylinder pushrod 24 is fully extended, Fig. 3, and the circuit is opened when the slave cylinder pushrod 24 is retracted, thus allowing the inner sleeve 38 to extend from the outer sleeve 40 as a result of the inner sleeve abutment flange 46 being urged in engagement with the end of the piston 30 by the compressed coil spring 42.
  • the structure of the switch 32 provides automatic initial setting of the linear position of the switch and automatic compensation for clutch lining wear, the linear dimensions of the switch inner sleeve 38 and outer sleeve 40, tne location of the contact ring 60 on the periphery of the inner sleeve 38 and the location of the spring contacts 62 and 64 on the interior of the outer sleeve 40 are predetermined as a function of the stroke of the piston 30 and slave cylinder pushrod 24 from full engagement of the clutch to full disengagement of the clutch, Figs. 1 and 3.
  • The'switch 32 need not be installed at the end of the housing 25 in any preset accurate position.
  • the sleeve 32 is initially installed such as to project from the end of the housing 25 farther than required during assembly of the slave cylinder 22, once the slave cylinder 22 is installed in a motor vehicle in its' functioning position, the end of the pushrod 24 engaging the clutch release mechanism 12, upon return of the pushrod 24 to its home position, or position corresponding to full engagement of the clutch, the outer sleeve 40 of the switch 32 is forced to an appropriate position as a result of engagement of the abutment ring 58 on the pushrod 24 with the end flange 44 of the outer sleeve 40.
  • the outer sleeve 40 is displaceable in both directions relative to the holding ring 50, which is held in a fixed position, due to the ratchet-like structure formed by the combination of the peripheral grooves 48 on the sleeve 40 and of the resilient fingers 52 of the holding ring 50 which enables the tip 54 of each finger 52 to jump from one groove 48 to the next consecutive groove when a push is exerted on the outer sleeve 40 on one end of the sleeve or the other.
  • the switch 32 automatically compensates for wear of the clutch disk friction linings. Wear of the clutch disk linings causes the ends of the clutch spring diaphragm fingers to be progressively positioned farther outwardly when the clutch is fully engaged, thus in turn causing the clutch release mechanism 12 which, in most common structures, is the end of an arm connected to, or forming part of, the clutch control fork to progressively return to a home position displaced in the direction further corresponding to a fully engaged clutch.
  • the fully engaged clutch home position progressively causes the output member or pushrod 24 of the slave cylinder 21 to be progressively returned to a more retracted position corresponding to full engagement of the clutch. In the structure illustrated, this in turn causes the abutment ring 58, as. a result of engagement with the end flange 44 of the switch outer sleeve 40, to progressively readjust the outer sleeve 40 to a proper position.
  • the switch 32 mounted in the end of the slave cylinder bore 28 also comprises an inner sleeve 38 provided at one end with an electrically conductive bridging contact ring 60, and an outer sleeve 40 provided with a pair of spring contacts 62 and 64 for closing a circuit through the wires 66 and 68.
  • the outer sleeve 40 is frictionally held within the bore 28 as a result of being provided at its end in which telescopes the inner sleeve 38 with an annular flange 74 having an outer edge 76 in frictional engagement with the internal surface of the cylinder bore 28.
  • the switch- holding ring 50 has an inwardly directed radial flange 78 frictionally engaged at its edge 80 with the peripheral surface of the outer sleeve 40.
  • the inner sleeve 38 is attached at one end to the piston 30 by any convenient means such as a split-ring 82 disposed in a corresponding inner groove in a cylindrical recess 84 formed at the end of the piston 30 and in which is engaged the flange 46 at the end of the sleeve 38, the flange 46 abutting against the bottom of the piston recess 84.
  • the other end of the inner sleeve 38 has a shoulder annular abutment 86 capable of engagement below the annular flange 78 of the outer sleeve 40.
  • Initial positional setting of the switch 32 of FIGS. 4-5 is effected upon first operation of the slave cylinder 22, FIG. -5, upon engagement of the end of the piston 30 with the outer sleeve annular flange 74, thus causing displacement of the switch outer sleeve 40 to the appropriate position whereby the contacts 62 and 64 are closed through the contact ring 60 on the inner sleeve 38.
  • the outer sleeve 40 is frictionally held in its thus set position.
  • Clutch wear compensation and correct positioning of the switch 32 corresponding to fully engaged clutch, is automatically effected by the annular shoulder 86 of the switch inner sleeve 38 engaging below the annular flange 74 of the outer sleeve 40, thereby displacing the outer sleeve 40 to the correct position wherein it is frictionally held.
  • the switch inner sleeve 38 may be coupled to the cylinder pushrod 24 by way of transverse pins or by way of abutting shoulder surfaces, such as to be linearly displaceable directly by the pushrod -24, rather than being coupled to the piston 30 or arranged such as to be linearly displaceable by the piston.
  • the cylinder output member operating the switch 32 and automatically adjusting the linear position of the switch is, in all cases, any one of two elements, the piston 30 or the pushrod 24 which, in combination, define the cylinder output member.

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